Name:Rank:Service No: Service: Date of Birth:Place of Birth:Date of Enlistment:Place of Enlistment:Age at Enlistment:Height:Complexion:Eye Colour: Hair Colour:Marital Status:Trade:Religion:Next of Kin:Date of Death: Age at Death:Cemetery: Reference:

Michael John MakichukCorporalH/41223Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.September 24, 1920Portage La Prairie, ManitobaJune 26, 1940Winnipeg, Manitoba195 feet, 9 inchesRuddyBlueBrownSingle (at enlistment)BarberGreek CatholicSamuel Makichuk (Father) Portage La Prairie, ManitobaElizabeth Amelia Makichuk (Wife) Debert, NS (September 1943)June 6, 194423Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, ReviersV. G. 10.Commemorated on page 377 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 10 Corporal Makichuk was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Saffron Samuel Makichuk, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba; and the husband of Elizabeth Amelia (Leben) Makichuk, of Debert, Nova Scotia. Michael and Elizabeth were married in London England on September 11, 1943. At that time Elizabeth was serving with the 41 Company C.W.A.C. Canadian Army, England. She was born in Masstoen, Nova Scotia on November 10, 1940. She died on January 9, 2002. Corporal Makichuk served in Canada between June 26, 1940 and August 28, 1941. He served in the United Kingdom between August 29, 1941 and June 6, 1944. He died of wounds received in action during the invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944.